With summer arriving, many Menlo Park residents will travel to Fremont Park for the Summer Concert Series on Wednesday evenings. This event is popular, and my wife and I thoroughly enjoy attending. But I have a major concern about Fremont Park and other popular parks in the city.

The issue: Numerous parks have no public rest rooms.

At a public gathering some months ago, I had an opportunity to meet one of our elected officials. I brought up my concern about the lack of restrooms at city-managed parks. The official agreed that it was a problem, but stated that neighbors, especially in Sharon Heights, were very much against restrooms at their parks.

When I mentioned the Summer Concert Series and the lack of restroom facilities for these events, I got an interesting response. The official stated that Fremont Park did not really need restrooms because they were available at Draeger’s and Peet’s Coffee.

I am not sure those two local businesses would appreciate the “restroom traffic” during the Summer Concert Series. What might make sense is a nice portable restroom trailer brought in for the Series. It could remained locked during normal “non-event” times in order to prevent overuse or misuse.

I am confident that a corporate sponsor could be found to cover the expense.